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Historical Items

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Item 37510

West Quoddy Head Light, Lubec, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 71631

Western Promenade, Portland, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 28858

West End Hotel, Portland, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Portland Media: Postcard

Tax Records

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Item 89991

Summer Dwelling, West End, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Alice M. Bracey Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 87093

Parsons property, West End, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Susan Parsons Use: Dwelling

Item 89288

Jacod Littlejohn Heirs property, West End, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Jacod Littlejohn Heirs Use: Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111970

J. B. Brown town houses on West St., Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: J. B. Brown & Sons Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111326

Factory at the corner of Lowell and Cherry Streets, Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland; Portland Client: West End Realty Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 110052

Clement F. Robinson residence at 33 Carroll St., Portland, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Portland Client: Clement F. Robinson Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Online Exhibits

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West Baldwin Methodist Church

The West Baldwin Methodist Church, founded in 1826, was one of three original churches in Baldwin. While its location has remained the same, the church has undergone numerous changes to serve the changing community.

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Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

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Ice: A Maine Commodity

Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.

Site Pages

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End Text by Jennifer Multhopp With images from the collections of the Lubec Memorial Library and…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"… Society There was a novelty mill in the West end of town that was visited by four fires. N. S. Stowell, of Dixfield, operated it until it was…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"She was sold to the New England West Africa Trading and Shipbuilding Association, and towed from Thomaston in 1937."

My Maine Stories

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Story

What did I do during the Covid quarantine?
by Nasser Rohani from Baha'i Community

Individuals response to Covid and social distancing.

Story

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years

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Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune

Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.